Wrights New Flight Record Amid Gusty Wind at Fort Myer
Orville Wright sets a new world time and distance mark for heavier-than-air flight at Fort Myer in gusts over ten miles an hour. He completes fifty-eight circles totaling over six minutes with a windward course, surpassing yesterday’s record and drawing praise from soldiers and press.
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Rashington
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Wright
Auto Garage
Mr. Wright
Yesteday
Signal Corps
War Department Setay
Gubner Attack on Public Service Law Fails to Block City Funds
Justice Gerard agrees the Public Service commissions law may violate the two subjects rule but declines to halt city payments. He cites Judge Folger’s Chautauqua decision and delays ruling for briefs. Gubner, a soda water businessman, seeks injunction against Mayor Controller and City Chamberlain over funding of the commission.
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Justice Gerard
Supreme Court
Adolph C. Gubner
Public Service Commissions
Isto
Folger
Gubner
Park Avenue
New York
John Leary
Senator McCarren
Gerard
Court of Appeals
George S. Coleman
Public Service Commission
High Pressure Water System Test Progress Report
The test of the high pressure water item directed by I M de Raton and supervised by Professors Carpenter and Sever showed 24 cycles with no issues. Croton water delivered 25,600,000 gallons at 20 psi, exceeding the 10 psi over-contract requirement, with 15 om gallons per minute target.
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I. M. de Raton
Department of Water Mercy
Gesana Electricity
R. C. Carpenter
Cornel University
G F. Sever
Columinte University
John H. O'Brien
Croton
Carpenter
Trib- We Yomeriay
Pine Department
Star! Oliver
South Street
Gansevoort
Iowa college bars Black students amid social clash
President O H Jewell of Sigmond Park College dismissed a Degro student Thursday and announced admission would be barred due to tension over social equality with Black people. President Lingwell notes students object to mixed relations with Black individuals.
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Tribune
Des Moines
Iowa
O. H. Jewell
Sigmond Park College
Degro
Pegrous
Desie Strong
Lingwell
American Battleships Reach Albany for West Australia Welcome
The US fleet anchored at King Point, Princess Royal Harbor after a 1300 mile Melbourne voyage. crowds lined Breaksea Island sightings. Premier Sperry replied via wireless. The Gibraltar cruiser joined the welcome, Albany decor glow, fuel plans set for next leg to Manila 5649 miles away.
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Albany
West Australia
Melbourne
King Point
Princess Royal Harbor
King George’s Sound
Breaksea Island
M. J. Moore
Sperry
Connecticut
Perth
Gibraltar
Manila
Foraker Taft’s guest proffers his services
Senator Foraker visited William H. Taft in Cincinnati and offered support for a Republican victory. Taft expected Hughes renomination in New York and discussed Ohio politics, noting Harris would likely win. Foraker denied press claims of a Taft loyalty bargain and urged unity behind the party nominee. A Hamilton County committee was formed to aid Taft locally amid Democratic commentary. Taft also attended John J. Emery’s funeral in Cincinnati.
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The
Tribune
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
William H. Taft
Taft
Foraker
New York
Hughes
Ohio
Harris
C. T. Lewis
Toledo
Lincoln Club
Hamilton County
George B. Cox
August Herrmann
R. K. Hynicka
Akron
Cox
Theounty
Chicago
John J. Emery
Bar Harbor
Christ Church
Mr. Emery
W. S. Taylor
Philadelphia
Whip Society
Mr. Taft
Harriman Plans School for Poor Boys at Arden Estate
Harriman, the railroad magnate, plans a charitable school on his 20000 acre Arden estate in Orange County. He would educate 100 boys at first, offering trades and academics, with potential expansion into a large free education institution after initial success. He has consulted local school authorities and may make a formal announcement after returning from the West.
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Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Arden
Orange County
Harriman
Hill Returns from St Paul Casts No New Peace
James J. Hill arrived yesterday from St. Paul and dismissed Harriman’s Portland claim of harmony between the Hill and Harriman interests in the Pacific Northwest. He professed ignorance of any new settlement and noted that crops are being harvested with good prices.
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James J. Hill
St. Paul
Harriman
Portland
Ore
Hill
Pacific Northwestern Territory
Mr. Hill
Collins leads chase and captures escaped Clinton Prison convicts
Superintendent Cornelius V. Collins with the State Parole Board pursued five highway robbery convicts who escaped Clinton Prison in Dan Memora. After a two hour search they were tracked through woods and roads. one fugitive was captured and returned to custody. The escape was detected when prison stores keeper Farrington found the sawed bars.
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Harry Brown
Joseph Carroll
Anthony Brenner
Albert Mason
John Myers
State Parole Board
Cole
Collins
Parole Board
Trial Stirs Dreyfus In Pantheon Shooting
Paris reports the trial of Louis A. Gregori who fired at Major Alfred Dreyfus during the Zola canonization ceremony. He admits premeditation and says his target was “Dreyfusism” not the general. A crowd watched as Dreyfus contested the accusation and a court uproar followed.
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Paris
Louis A. Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
Pantheon
Zola
Dreyfus
Clemenceau
Picquart
du Paty de Clam
Rennes
Gregori
le Brun Renaud
Harriman Halts in Omaha for Three Hours
E H Harriman and family dine with the Omaha Commercial Club at the Field Club. He criticizes bankers for causing a panic and recalls the Union Pacific’s past, noting $390,000,000 spent on improvements since taking control of the Union and Southern Pacific. The Harriman special resumes to Chicago by morning.
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Omaha
E. H. Harriman
Field Club
Omaha Commercial Club
Union Pacife
United States Court
Union Pacific
Harriman
Union
Southern Pacifics
Chicago
Forest Fires Threaten Ontario Border Lumber Camps
A 25 mile wall of fire allegedly stretches from Grand Marias to Chicago Bay along the border. The Pigeon River Lumber Company camp at Chicago Bay is destroyed, with two camps on the boundary also wiped out. Fires burn through White Fish Valley and threaten Silver Mountain and Gunflint as Indians battle to contain the blaze. Great Bear Spring Water is noted in ad copy at end.
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Fort William
Ontario
Grand Marias
Chicago Bay
International Boundary Line
Pigeon River Lumber Company
White Fish Valley
Silver Mountain
Gunflint
Pigeon River
International Boundary
Runaway horse crosses railroad bridge into Canada
A horse started in the American freight yards and ran along the upper deck of the lower railway steel arch bridge. It crossed to the Canadian side where it fell into a cattle guard, halting all trains until rescue crews freed it.
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Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Oklahoma bank deposit guarantee law upheld by court
Oklahoma Supreme Court holds the bank deposit guarantee law constitutional in Noble State Bank v Haskell. Bank refuses to pay 1 percent into the guarantee fund. Case to be appealed to the United States Supreme Court.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
State Supreme Court
Noble State Bank
Haskell
Launch Explosion Blasts New York Ferry Crew
A four foot launch owned by John Hasslacher of the New York and College Point Ferry Company exploded in Long Island Sound between Davenport's Neck and Fort Slocum yesterday afternoon. Three of nine aboard were injured including engineer Frederick C. Walter who suffered severe injuries. Benjamin Austin and Hasslacher also injured. Rescuers included Arthur Jeffries and Fort Slocum soldiers. Cause blamed on excessive air tank pressure for the whistle. The party was en route from College Point to the New York Athletic Club on Travers Island for dinner.
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John Hasslacher
New York
No. 116
East 7Th Street
Mr. Hasslacher
Arthur Jeffries
Nero
Fort Slocum
Silver Vein Found at Smuggler Mine with High Yield
Aspen Colorado September indicates experts predict a half million dollars per carload from the first shipment of ore mined at the Smuggler Mining Company. A nearly pure silver vein is exposed in the property, with drills unable to penetrate it.
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The
Triture
Aspen
Col
Hughes Defines Party Duty at Interborough Fair
Governor Hughes spoke to about three thousand at the Interborough Fair in Dongan Hills Staten Island outlining his administration and party duty. He defended Republican principles urging unity and nonpartisan conduct while denouncing Bryan as a visionary whose plans could harm the country.
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Hughes
Dongan Hills
Staten Island
Bryan
Fair Grounds
Republican Party
Chautauqua
Rensselaer
St. Lawrence
Richmond
Republican Cay
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George Ehret
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Richmond County
Richmond County Country Club
Cromwell
Thomas A. Braniff
Republican County Committee
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Hotel Astor
Fair Association
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Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
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Horace E. Buel
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